Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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I. While working together at Aide’s t Discount Store, Donna O ' Donnell and Mike Turner discuss what they could do with all that money. 2. Want a new watch, earrings, or maybe a diamond ring? Senior Samantha Laster sells all of that and much more in the jewelry department at Jamesway. 3. After a hard day at school, Todd Rudd de¬ cides to pick out a new cassette from Jamesway to add to his collection. 4. Senior Robin Short works the cash register at Jamesway, one of the larg¬ est local employers of high school students. 5. Most students who work part-time only take 3 or 4 classes each day, but senior Cathy Lipscomb goes all day in addition to running the register at Peoples Drug store. 6. When Food Lion opened its doors in June, Paul Schoepflin became one of the lucky ones to be chosen from a long list of applicants seeking jobs. ■ 11

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Work Before Play if you spent 35% of your spare time partying and only 3% doing homework, what would you be called? What else, a Culpeper Blue Devil. In an October survey, it was discovered that the average CCHS student spends much of his time away from school, partying. In addition to partying, students chose listening to their favorite tunes, playing sports, and cruising” as their most popular pastimes. Eating out, dancing, and playing video games were also com¬ mon weekend activities. The opinion expressed by much of the school’s population was they felt the town of Culpeper offered very little in the line of entertain¬ ment for teenagers. This claim be¬ came evident when the students were asked where they liked to spend their spare time. Over 28% said their favorite hangout was at a friend’s house, usually a boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s home. To further im¬ ply a need for more local entertain¬ ment, 11% of the student body said their favorite spot for nightlife was outside of Culpeper. Among those students who do look around town for entertainment on the weekends, loitering in park¬ ing lots wound up as the top choice for something to do when the party cannot be found. Pizza Hut was selected as the second most popu¬ lar hang out, followed closely by the movie theatres. Dominion Skating Center, Jimmy’s Lounge and the local arcades. According to the survey, the av¬ erage person attending CCHS spends 25% of his spare time and over $20.00 of his hard-earned money on entertainment each week. With that much money being squandered away on entertain¬ ment, it’s easy to see why 37% of the high school has some form of part-time employment. The average student-worker puts in 25 hours each week and most often earns the minimum wage of $3.35. I. In addition to working part-time at a local grocery store, senior Greg Frazier prepares for a career in journalism as a sports reporter for the Star-Exponent. 2. At the Country Club Pro Shop, Chris Thacker sells just about everything a golfer could possibly need. 3. Who’s afraid of height? Certainly not Jeff Bob¬ bitt, they’re just part of his job at Central Hardware.

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M ini skirts, pumps, and blue jeans were once again seen as another year began at CCHS. As usual, crowded halls were full of new faces lost in the confu¬ sion of the first week. As the weeks lingered onward, new students as well as old ones be¬ gan to feel welcome at CCHS, and set their sights and goals for what lay ahead. One new face in the crowd was senior Tammy Martin. When asked what the biggest dif¬ ference between CCHS and her for¬ mer school was, she replied, Culpeper is a lot smaller and it seems that everyone knows every¬ one else.” Martin moved to Culpep¬ er from Herndon where she attended a school with an enroll¬ ment of around 2700 students, com¬ pared to just over 1000 here at CCHS. Senior Sean McDaniel, who moved here from Chantilly, VA, was surprised by the strict enforcement of the tardy policy. Where I used to go to school,” he said, more peo¬ ple were suspended for skipping school, but here everyone gets sus¬ pended for tardies.” Senior Tammy Jo Ellis was anoth¬ er new face seen around CCHS. Hav¬ ing moved here from nearby Orange County, she said she was most sur¬ prised by the amount of school spirit.” She stated that CCHS was more than what I expected. Cul¬ peper has many more school-spon¬ sored events.” When the Homecoming queen was about to be crowned, students who participated in the Homecoming Parade flocked onto the sidelines for a front-row seat.